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Posted by kafked 9/13/2025

Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search(anycrap.shop)
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e1gen-v 9/13/2025|
This idea reminds me of the classic video by google called the selfish ledger where they are able to create products based off of people’s direct interested and at the same time are able to influence society as a whole

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUSZfEBTwRc

kinduff 9/13/2025||
Wrote about this last May, had this vision of a store that looks very much like this. Maybe you enjoy the read, here is the link: https://kinduff.com/2025/05/28/when-ai-sells-you-what-you-wa...
kafked 9/13/2025|
Thanks! That's interesting. I feel like some kind of synchronicity here - this project also was built and deployed in May
QuantumNomad_ 9/14/2025||
It’s like a cooler, crazier version of the Library of Babel.

Mall of Babel, maybe ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel

IncRnd 9/13/2025||
Best Site Ever.

I just purchased an Infinity for home, a Quantum Wrench for work, and a Self-Cleaning Nuclear Blast for cooking when I travel.

I can't wait until those arrive! They look even better than the 217 Samsung TVs I purchased to give as bonuses to the maids at a couple of my properties.

Why travel the world, when I can travel all of reality-writ-large?!?

sholladay 9/15/2025||
This generates some fun results. I searched for "A laptop made by Whole Foods", expecting to see a crazy looking laptop made of food. Maybe a tortilla for a lid? Instead, it has a relatively normal MacBook-like image but with a very funny description and specifications.

The laptop apparently has a Vegan Chassis Material made of Quinoa-Carbon Composite. My favorite feature is: "As users work through their spreadsheets, the laptop's keyboard emits a soothing aroma reminiscent of freshly baked bread." And as a thoughtful touch, "Whenever someone uses our laptop near an open flame, the screen displays motivational affirmations on the theme of self-care."

Grollicus 9/13/2025||
I've tried the Kolbenrückholfeder of your shops non-ai-predecessors fame: https://etel-tuning.eu/produkt/tuning-kolbenruckholfeder/

Didn't work out that well, sadly. At first it gave me a greek pillars, then when trying english translations it at least gave me some springs.

It knew the https://anycrap.shop/product/airhook. But only for light loads like snacks and the "heavgy duty airhook" it wanted to sell me is for a clothesline. While useful, I'm afraid your product engineers have to spend some more time so that we can reliably suspend cars from the air again.

pkz 9/13/2025||
Sorry for wasting your API resources but there are many hilarious things people generated. https://anycrap.shop/product/danger-swede-suit-dog-generator
kafked 9/13/2025||
I like it! Well, I guess I'll pay for this lesson, next time I'll create something more boring
api 9/13/2025||
Funny but not quite funny enough... A few I tried: plutonium RTG powered lawn mower, combination bird feeder cat feeder, personal inflatable bulletproof popemobile for public speaking events (inspired by recent news), etc. Results were not nearly as LOL as they could have been.
treadump 9/13/2025||
This is genius
jerf 9/13/2025||
[What was there when I posted this but has subsequently been edited away] can get you a visit from the Secret Service.

Do as you like, but I'm not joking.

iwontberude 9/13/2025|||
You are also on a list for conversing with us about it now. I’m praying for you, me, and PC.
kurtoid 9/13/2025|||
They can visit all they like, but what else can they do?
jerf 9/13/2025|||
Imprison you for up to five years and fine you: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/871

They often don't. But it is not wise to attract their attention if you don't need to.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ks/pr/wichita-man-sentenced-pri...

And note the end of that URL. This isn't about Trump. This is about the Secret Service.

I'm not being funny here. I'm not being political. I'm not making normative claims here. I'm not saying whether this is great or awful or whatever. I'm not trying to score internet points. I'm telling everyone reading this, screwing around making threats to the President, regardless of who he is, is not something you should do lightly. If you want to do it, I won't stop you, but I'm a big believer in understanding what risks you are taking rather than being blindsided by them. There's plenty of people who have discovered the hard way that this was more risky than they realized and I'm trying to help treadump not be one of them, in the spirit of helpfulness, not internet points.

kurtoid 9/13/2025||
I think a head-in-a-basket image is easily an artistic expression. I've seen worse
jerf 9/14/2025||
Do you see an "artistic expression" exception in the law I cite?

Because the Secret Service doesn't: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/420406-kat...

If you think that concept applies in this case, you'd best stay away from this topic entirely before you get yourself in a lot of trouble.

Again, this is a public service announcement. Not an endorsement, a celebration, a denunciation, a political statement, or anything else. Don't do this, not even playing around, unless you are aware of what you are doing and ready to take the consequences for it.

kurtoid 9/14/2025||
It would have to go before a court. I think it wouldn't be too hard to convince a jury (or judge) that a head-in-a-basket AI art + description is expression (first amendment) and not a threat

Edit: your first link is a genuine threat. the second one is a picture of someone holding a photo-realistic, mangled head. The head-in-a-basket is neither

jerf 9/14/2025||
You should stay away from this, in case you haven't figured it out. You're not even in the ballpark of a correct understanding of this situation. Better to just think you could argue your way out of this with a deficient understanding of the law than to put it to the test and find out how wrong you are in a courtroom.
kurtoid 9/14/2025||
Relax, I have no interest in testing any of this. I'm just shocked that there's so little room for interpretation

Sorry if I'm acting dense, it's not on purpose. What am I missing?

actionfromafar 9/13/2025|||
Put you on a flight to Sudan?
analog8374 9/13/2025|||
This is why science fiction is wasted on the populace.
tempodox 9/13/2025|||
Plot armor activated: wallet immunity engaged.
turnsout 9/13/2025|||
Love that the basket is brass for some reason
moralestapia 9/13/2025|||
The Redditization of HN is sad to watch.
artursapek 9/13/2025||
A very unhinged first thing to type in, maybe you should scroll less social media
jddj 9/13/2025||
Guaranteed needle-free haystack: https://anycrap.shop/product/guaranteed-needle-free-haystack.

Ohh. Sassy: This ancient tome contains centuries-old arguments recontextualized to justify modern societal constructs. Its pages hold the collective reasoning behind every unjustified assertion since the dawn of civilization. From patriarchal dominance to colonialism, every morally dubious decision has been meticulously documented within.

Historical quotes have been carefully curated to provide talking points against critical thinking, conveniently tying complex social issues into neat theological bows.

https://anycrap.shop/product/another-1000-years-of-using-rel...

saltcured 9/13/2025|
It's missing some fine print, "may contain needles".
jmkni 9/14/2025|
Can't wait for my 20kt nuclear warhead to arrive ;) https://anycrap.shop/product/20kt-nuclear-warhead
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